CLI command name 'tailscale' conflicts with the official Tailscale Linux client

[EdwardBetts]

Description

Summary

The Python tailscale package currently installs a CLI command called tailscale. This conflicts with the official Tailscale Linux client, which also provides a tailscale command.

I suggest renaming the Python package's CLI entry point to avoid shadowing or being shadowed by the official client command. One possible name would be tailscale-api.

Suggested solution

Please consider changing the CLI command name to something distinct, such as tailscale-api or python-tailscale.

Why this matters

The official Tailscale Linux client is widely installed using the command name tailscale. Reusing the same executable name in a Python package is likely to cause confusion and accidental breakage, especially on developer machines, servers, Home Assistant systems, and other environments where both tools may be installed.

Version

0.8.0

Additional information

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[lmagyar]

And what if my project, using this lib, also wants to call the tailscale binary???

The Tailscale CLI requires the 'cli' extra. Install it with: pip install 'tailscale[cli]'

Unbeliavable how bad decision is the naming, and the reasoning to close the PR ("problem of distrubtion in my opinion. It is 2026, you shouldn't be installing Python packages on a global scope on systems"). It even breaks the only scope it is installed in...